Enjoying the freedom the lift has given me.

I have been really enjoying the freedom I have now that I have the lift. Last night I met a friend for Happy Hour at BJ Willy's and than we went to have a drink at West Linn Saloon. Larry and I spent a lot of time there before he got sick. I got to see some more friends and some of them didn't know he had died. It was great seeing all those people and talking to them. I let them all know that I am moving to Tennessee in September to live with Greg, Jennifer and Tyler. They said I need to make sure I come in a couple of more times before I leave. I got the phone numbers of some of them and gave them mine so we can keep in touch even when I am in Tennessee.

Yesterday I talked to a couple of my co-workers at Ash Creek. I hope to see some of them before I leave for dinner. I don't missing working just seeing the people and the interaction you have with your co-workers. I have gotten my day timer out to keep track of all of my activities. I haven't needed it for the last 3 months but now that I am out and about I need to keep track of my appointments.

I received a letter yesterday that they have moved Larry as I have requested. When he died we forgot to let them know that I was handicapped and they buried him on the side of a hill, which Larry would have loved but I got get to his gravesite to put flowers so see him so I requested they move him to a wall that is handicapped assessable. Cathy and Billy are going with me to see where the new place is and take him some flowers since I didn't do that over the 4th.

I hope to start taking some pictures that I can start posting on the blog. I want to take a few trips before I leave the Oregon area. I would love to go to Victoria, BC. Larry and I always talked about it but never made it there. I also wouldn't mind going back to Leavenworth, WA, I definitely want to go to the beach a few more times.

We have finally have some nice weather. We are in the 2nd day of a 3 day heat wave. It was 95 yesterday, suppose to be 98 today and 96 tomorrow. They say we should be down to the mid 80's for the weekend and cooling to the upper 70's by Wednesday. My apartments has not gotten to warm since Tom, the maintenance man put in my window air conditioner. I set it at 72 and just leave it on.

I will write more later this weekend. Hope you all have a great weekend.

The new adventures now start

I finally have my lift in and working. It was in and fixed so I could use it last Wednesday. I didn't really start using it until last Thursday. But since than I have gone and done lots of things I haven't been able to do unless I had help. Thursday my cousin Bobbie and her husband Chuck was in town from Texas. I picked up April, my sister, at 2:00 in the afternoon and brought her to my house. We had a cocktail and waited to hear from Bobbie. We were going to meet Cathy & Billy at 6:00 to have dinner. Bobbie called at 5:00 so we picked them up at the hotel and had dinner and I didn't get home until 10:30 pm after I took April and Bobbie home. I was able to get myself home and unloaded. Friday I met Bobbie & Chuck for breakfast and she informed me they decided to have a down day that day. They were suppose to leave after breakfast, but we made arrangements for me to pick them up at 4:00 and go to the mall and meet Cathy & Billy for dinner at the Ram. After I left them I went to shopping at Target as I had a prescription to pick up. I didn't get home until 2:30 and left at 3:30 to get Bobbie. I didn't get home that evening until 10:30 pm.

Saturday I went shopping with Cathy at Fred Meyers and Costco and had dinner at Rose's and didn't get home until 5:30. Needless to say Sunday I was exhausted I have been on the go like that for a long time as at the end Larry didn't feel like doing much. So Sunday I stayed home and took naps. Today I did chores, paid rent and met my best friend Caroline and her son Jimmy to have dinner. Before I met them I decided to go to the movies so went to see Knight & Day (Tom Cruise movie). I went by myself it was great, by the way I would recommend the movie it was vintage Tom Cruise. It will be one I will want when it comes out on DVD. I enjoyed my dinner with Caroline and Jimmy very much.

I have come home, paid rent and now going to get ready to watch and movie and spend some time with my puppies. They are doing great about staying in the van when I am loading and unloading my chair but I haven't done it with them and people with me.

Now that I have my lift my social calendar is filling up. I am having happy hour with a friend, Connie Wednesday night. I friends are going to get back to me when we can get together. It is a good feeling to feel I don't have to stay home because I can't go somewhere I stay home because that is what I want to do.

I now will be writing this blog more often. I was getting very discouraged with the lift taking so long and when we got it, it was wrong and than not all the pieces where sent.

I have to thank Cathy and especially Billy for their diligence for helping me through this time with the lift. I don't know how I would have made it through this year without the support of my two sisters and their husbands. Charlene and Chuck and Cathy and Billy please know how much I love and appreciate all of your help and support through Larry's last few months and the last 3 months since his death.

I still miss him a lot and probably will for a long time. He was my best friend and the love of my life. But I have made it through because he made me a stronger and more independent person.